MP C5503 Display Dims (but is not in SLEEP MODE)

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  • Gary Bowen
    Bowdog

    250+ Posts
    • Mar 2008
    • 250

    #1

    MP C5503 Display Dims (but is not in SLEEP MODE)

    A customer has reporrted the following situation. A couple of times in the past month the display screen has darkened, much the same way a laptop on "battery save mode" will dim down the the screen but still be visible. The difference is that it does not brighten up again, or respond to any options when they touch the screen. It will repsond to the "Home" button and will show the screen menu with all the preset buttons in normal "bright" mode. But pressing "PCS Director" on that menu takes them to a dimmed screen again. The only work around is to power down the copier and then turn it back on (there are no SC errors logged).
    This machine does not load firmware through SD card slot 2 (ever since I did a Log Data Capture for Ricoh). I did update the following NOP firmware when this problem was first reported: Engine (v1.32.08W), System/Copy (v1.19T), Network Support (v12.66K), FCU (v7.00H) and Fax (v6.00L). JAVA/SDK is v1.16. The problem has come back and because of the problem with SD card slot 2, I cannot update JAVA to the current version.
    Yesterday, I tried removing the Fax, disconnecting the HDD, reseating the Controller PCB and Memory DIMM all in an effort to see if I could get firmware to load from slot 2. PLEASE there is nothing wrong with my SD cards as I have tried mutiple cards with the Java "sdk" folder and "package"/"romdata" firmware folders. I have taken these same cards to a second C4503 and the firmware loaded on them downloads OK.
    This is a 2 fold problem - screen dimming and firmware not downloading. Any help would be appreciated as Controller PCB and NVRAM are looking like the only options.
  • Bantams
    Senior Tech

    500+ Posts
    • Jun 2012
    • 603

    #2
    Re: MP C5503 Display Dims (but is not in SLEEP MODE)

    Looks like the APP PC Director or whatever that is is causing both the problems can you uninstall the app?

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    • Gary Bowen
      Bowdog

      250+ Posts
      • Mar 2008
      • 250

      #3
      Re: MP C5503 Display Dims (but is not in SLEEP MODE)

      The customer wants PCS Director AND I had no problem downloading sdk, package or romdata firmware from slot 2 BEFORE I did a "data log capture". The firmware downloads worked fine for the first 10 months of the install.

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      • ss12
        Trusted Tech

        250+ Posts
        • Jul 2008
        • 289

        #4
        Re: MP C5503 Display Dims (but is not in SLEEP MODE)

        Have you tried updating via web image monitor using the remote firmware

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        • Gary Bowen
          Bowdog

          250+ Posts
          • Mar 2008
          • 250

          #5
          Re: MP C5503 Display Dims (but is not in SLEEP MODE)

          Firmware updates fine remotely. However, JAVA must be updated from the "sdk" folder on a SD card in Slot 2. That is why firmware is current to the end of Nov/2014 except for JAVA.

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